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Help Wanted: Can Supplier-Staff Shortages Derail Events?

MeetingsNet

Planners and hoteliers weigh in on how to protect meetings from the labor crisis. In the meeting industry, the phrase “It’s a relationship business” is often bandied about. We now proactively look at service-related clauses to include in our contracts. More than Ever, Communication is the Key. Grimes, Esq.,

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10 Can’t-Miss Education Sessions at IMEX America

MeetingsNet

discussions to a “Belong-a-palooza” to a filmmaker workshop, fresh topics will complement evergreen sessions such as event contracting and meeting security, for a lively educational agenda. From generative A.I IMEX, Encore, Maritz Global Events, Cvent, DRPG, and PCMA are among the organizations sharing new ways to use technology.

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Contract Cross Examination, Part 3: What Falls Under Force Majeure?

MeetingsNet

During a recent MeetingsNet webinar, attorney, speaker, and College of Coastal Georgia professor Tyra Hilliard, Esq., See Is Your Meeting Illegal, Impossible, or Impracticable? Related : Contract Cross Examination, Part 1: 9 Tough Attrition Questions Contract Cross Examination, Part 2: What’s in Your Cancellation Clause?

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A Guide to Serving F&B on the Exhibit Floor

PCMA Convene

From the threat of tipsy attendees, to wrappers and discarded plates cluttering booths, serving food and drink samples on the exhibition floor can be tricky business. And at the Infinite Energy Center (formerly the Gwinnett Center) in Duluth, Georgia, alcoholic samples are forbidden outright. NO TOPPING OFF.

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Rethinking How You Work With Procurement

PCMA Convene

Tell that to meeting professionals, however, and they might grumble. Every few years the question comes up as to whether or not [procurement] should be handling our contracts,” she said. “We Kelley Butler, McDonald’s director of meetings and events, said her department now works with procurement more closely than ever.